rǎng​yáng

to steal a sheep

  • created reference approved 攘羊 → 直躬 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攘羊 rǎng​yáng

    直躬 zhí​gōng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 攘羊 · rǎng​yáng · to steal a sheep — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攘羊

    rǎng​yáng

    to steal a sheep

    (literary) to take home someone else's stray sheep; to steal a sheep

    ráng​yáng

    攘, 羊

    攘 (literal) → 攘 · rǎng · to seize 羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 攘羊 · rǎng​yáng · to expose a relative's fault — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攘羊

    rǎng​yáng

    to expose a relative's fault

    (literary) to expose or testify against a family member's wrongdoing. This sense refers to a story from the [[论语|論語|lun2 yu3]] where a son reports his father for stealing a sheep.

    ráng​yáng

    攘 (literal) → 攘 · rǎng · to seize 羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense